Results – Willesborough, Kent. 22/05/22

The Willesborough event had a distinctly international feel with competitors attending from Spain, France, Switzerland and the Netherlands – a huge ‘thank you’ to all who travelled so far to attend. Although lovely and warm, the weather on the competition day was not ideal with a variable breeze that was blowing in different directions at the same time according to the flags placed in the casting lanes. As such, the results were influenced somewhat by whether the caster got lucky (or unlucky) with the breeze. The competition started off with the accuracy event followed by the T38, S55 and T120. After the lunch break the #5, #7 and ST27 were cast in the afternoon. The following results are in feet and inches:

#5 Trout Distance: James Evans 128.02; Jose Nieto 124.07; Bart de Zwaan 121.04; Jerome Savril-Maillard 120.09; Mick Copeman 119.05; Laurent K 119.02; Malik Mazbouri 115.07; Tracy Thomas 110.10; Francois Bietry 108.09; Howard Bishop 103.07; Mike Heritage 95.01.

#7 Trout Distance: James Evans 132.08; Jerome Savril-Maillard 129.03; Bart de Zwaan 127.00; Mick Copeman 124.00; Laurent K 124.00; Tracy Thomas 121.05; Malik Mazbouri 120.07; Mike Heritage 119.00; Jose Nieto 115.07; Francois Bietry 107.04; Howard Bishop 101.11.

ST27: James Evans 138.10; Jerome Savril-Maillard 133.07; Laurent K 133.04; Francois Bietry 128.02; Howard Bishop 127.04; Tracy Thomas 126.05; Bart de Zwaan 124.05; Mick Copeman 118.01; Mike Heritage 115.00.

S55: Bart de Zwaan 197.11; James Evans 177.08; Tracy Thomas 158.04; Laurent K 155.03; Mick Copeman 150.02; Howard Bishop 146.07; Jerome Savril-Maillard 146.00; Francois Bietry 135.04; Mike Heritage 119.07.

T38: James Evans 165.08; Jerome Savril-Maillard 163.05; Malik Mazbouri 158.00; Bart de Zwaan 153.08; Francois Bietry 145.04; Laurent K 145.01; Howard Bishop 142.11; Mike Heritage 141.01; Tracy Thomas 128.08.

T120: Francois Bietry 220.01; James Evans 193.07; Jerome Savril-Maillard 182.05; Bart de Zwaan 180.04; Howard Bishop 171.04; Laurent K 159.07; Mike Heritage 159.04; Tracy Thomas 148.10.

Accuracy (points): Jerome Savril-Maillard 54; Bart de Zwaan 51; James Evans 51; Francois Bietry 45; Laurent K 43; Mike Heritage 41; Tracy Thomas 35; Howard Bishop 15.

Overall event (points): 1st James Evans 11, 2nd Jerome Savril-Maillard 22, 3rd Bart de Zwaan 24.

Records: Tracy extended the women’s senior 50 #5 trout distance record as well as claiming the Senior 50 accuracy best.